Fare-box.



W. COX.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED suns I. 1914.

Fatented Apr. 13, 1915.

IA/I/ETOFT WILLIAM COX, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIQ, GANADA FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Cox, of the city of Toronto, in the countyof York and the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and I hereby declarethat the following is a clear, full, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a fare box in which the examining chamber isprovided with a revoluble trap having one or more compartmentssuccessively brought, during the revolution of the trap, into positionbelow the fare receiving slot, the entrance to which is controlled by amovable cover which must be displaced from its normal position beforethe fare can be inserted in the fare box, and which automaticallyreturns to a normal po-- sition thereafter; said cover, during its return movement, operating to cause the revolution, or partial revolution,of the trap, whereby the coin admitted through the fare receiving slotwill be deposited in the examining chamber and prevented thereafter frombeing extracted therefrom.

For an understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing de scription and to the accompanying draw-- ings, in which-Figure 1, is a broken perspective view of the examining chamber of afare box showing the trap therein; Fig. 2, is a detail View of theoperating mechanism for the trap shown in Fig. 1, with the parts intheir normal position; and Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, with theparts in their operated condition.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

In the top 1 of the examining chamber 2 is a fare receiving slot 3through which the fares are admitted into the fare box and revolublewithin the examining chamber 2 is a trap t. This trap consists of twocircular shaped side plates 5, having trunnions 6 journaled in suitablebearings 7 in the examining chamber, and radial partitions 8 connectedto the interior faces of the side plates 5 to form a series ofcompartments 9, which are brought successively into position with thefare receiving slot 3 during the rotation of the trap. Attached to, orforming part of, one of the side plates 5 is a ratchet wheel 10 andengaging with the ratchet wheel 10 is a pawl 11 pivoted to a lever 12fulcrumed on the adjacent trunnion 6. The lever 12 is provided with apin 13 contained in the slotted end 1 1 of the swinging arm 15 movablyhung from a rod 16 journaled in the top of the hood 17 of the examiningchamber. lhe front of the hood 17 is formed with an opening 18 for thefares to be inserted. through the fare receiving slot into the examiningchamber 2. Normally covering the opening 18 is a cover plate 19 hingedto the front of the hood 17 and connected to the cover 19 and the arm 15is a link 20 by which the movement of the cover is imparted to the arm.

The normal position of the parts is that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and inthis position the cover 19 closes the opening 18 and shuts ofi allaccess to the fare receiving slot 3 until the cover has been displacedfrom its normal position as shown in Fig. 3. To inroduce a fare into theexamining chamber the cover 19 is pressed inward until the farereceiving slot 3 is accessible. The inward movement of the cover 19 bymeans of the link 20 changes the position of the arm 15,

lever 12 and pawl 11 from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to that shown inFig. 3. The pawl 11 during its movement to the position shown in Fig. 3slides freely over the teeth of the ratchet wheel 10. In the positionshown in Fig. 3, the pawl is ready to cause a partial revolution of thetrap when the cover 19 moves back to the position shown in Fig. 1, thereturn movement of the cover 19 being effected by a spring 21 secured tothe hood 17 on the inner side of the cover 19 and normally bearingagainst the latter to automatically and immediately return it to anormal position when the cover is relieved of its inward pressure. Whenthe fare is admitted through the fare receiving slot 3, it enters intothe compartment 9, at the time being immediately below the farereceiving slot, and when the cover 19 swings back into its normalposition under the influence of the spring 21, it brings with it the arm15, the lever 12, and the pawl 11, causing the pawl 11 by its engagementwith the teeth of the ratchet wheel 10 to rotate the trap until thecompartment with the fare in it has been turned to deposit the fare inthe examining chamber; this movement of the trap bringing anothercompartment into line with the fare receiving slot. To prevent therotation of the trap in the reverse direction during the inward movementof the cover and the 15 claim-is:

spring 22 Which engages the teeth of the ratchetwheel and operates toprevent its 5 reverse rotation, Byrmeans of this construction, I am ableto intermittently rotate the trap a partial revolution Whenever a farehas been inserted through the fare receiving slot, immediately depositthat fare in the '10 "examining chamberand efiectively shut'oil all'communica-tlon between the examining chamber and'fare receiving slot sothat'the fare cannot be; extracted therefrom.

Having'described my invention, What I In afare boX comprising anexamining chamber having a fare-receiving"entrance,

the combinationof an intermittently-rotating trap,aratchet Wheel causingits rotation,

reverse the. movement of the cover and its related parts. a

Toronto, May 20th, 1914.

WILLIAM COX.

Witnesses:

CHAS; H. RIGHES, PAR MONTIGNY KENNEDY.

Copiesofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D; 0.

